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1.

We ________ goodbye to them as the train left.
A) greeted

B) saluted

C) saw off

D) shook

E) waved

2.

He will he given a pension when he ________ at the age of 65.
A) disappears

B) dismisses

C) resigns

D) retires

E) sacks

3.

He took a ________ of cigarettes out of his pocket.
A) block

B) dozen

C) packet

D) parcel

E) piece

4.

I’m sure you’ll ________ the film. It’s very good.
A) amuse

B) delight

C) divert

D) enjoy

E) entertain

5.

He fell in love with her at first ________.
A) scene

B) sight

C) spectacle

D) view

E) vision

6.

I’m ________ if I hurt your feelings. Please forgive me.
A) afraid

B) pardon

C) pitiful

D) shameful

E) sorry

7.

The doctor has told him that he must not go back to work so soon
after such a long ________.
A) disease

B) failing

C) illness

D) pain

E) weakness

8.

No one imagined that the apparently ________ business man was
really a criminal.
A) honor

B) respectable

C) respectful

D) respective

E) responsive

9.

Where do you ________ the writing paper? In this desk?
A) drawer

B) guard

C) hold

D) keep

E) maintain

10. Please ________ your hand if you want to ask a question.

A) arouse

B) get up

C) put out

D) raise

E) rise

11. As you are only 16, you must have your parents’ ________ before

you can get married.
A) allowance

B) consent

C) let

D) permit

E) subscription

12. The bank are offering £500 ____ to anyone who can give them useful

information about the robbery.
A) cost

B) price

C) prize

D) reward

E) salary

13. How long do you intend to ________ in this country?

A) permanent

B) remind

C) rest

D) stay

E) vacate

14. She put a ________ of chocolate on the cake.

A) color

B) cover

C) layer

D) level

E) plain

15. I’ll have to take the toy back to the shop to exchange it because the

mechanism is ________.
A) blame

B) defect

C) false

D) faulty

E) few

16. Dinner will be served ________ but we have time for a drink before

then.
A) actually

B) currently

C) lately

D) presently

E) suddenly

17. He ________ at me to show he appreciated the joke.

A) glimpsed

B) grinned

C) sneered

D) stared

E) watched

18. They’re ________ to build a new factory here.

A) planning

B) pretending

C) projecting

D) suggesting

E) thinking

19. There’s a great ________ of pollution on the beaches this summer.

A) deal

B) lot

C) many

D) number

E) quality

20. It was not an accident. He did it on ________.

A) decision

B) determination

C) intention

D) purpose

E) security

21. I’ve bought some attractive ________ and I’m going to make a

dress out of it.
A) clothing

B) costume

C) material

D) matter

E) pattern

22. Don’t touch things that don’t ________ to you!

A) belong

B) involve

C) own

D) possess

E) retain

23. There are so many ________ in the road that you have to drive very

carefully.
A) bends

B) crosses

C) curls

D) currents

E) folds

24. I like the hat but it doesn’t ________ me. Have you got the same

thing in a larger size?
A) dress

B) fit

C) go well

D) match

E) suit

25. I’m very ________ to you for all your help.

A) agreed

B) graceful

C) grateful

D) reliable

E) thanks

26. The school claim to ________ students all the English they need in

three months.
A) explain

B) instruct

C) learn

D) teach

E) understand

27. One of the water ________ burst during the  recent cold weather

and the kitchen was flooded.
A) channels

B) conductors

C) pipes

D) tubes

E) ways

28. I only ____ a straw hat to protect my head when the sun is very hot.

A) bear

B) carry

C) dress

D) put

E) wear

29. I’m afraid we haven’t got what you want in ________ at the moment.

We can order it for you.
A) reserve

B) sale

C) shop

D) stock

E) work

30. I wasn’t able to ________ the meeting because I was too busy.

A) assist

B) attempt

C) attend

D) present

E) take place

31. He ________ to hit me if I didn’t do as he said.

A) pretended

B) said

C) thought

D) threatened

E) warned

32. He said he was not guilty but the police proved he had ________.

A) denied

B) laid

C) lay

D) lied

E) meant

33. I don’t feel like swimming. I’d rather sun-bathe on the ________.

A) beach

B) coast

C) dust

D) harbor

E) shore

34. He bought his house on the ________ plan, paying a certain amount

of money back to the bank every month.
A) hire

B) installment

C) part

D) piece

E) share

35. He was the ________ child in the family so he had no brothers or

sisters to play with.
A) alone

B) individual

C) lonely

D) only

E) unique

36. I haven’t seen him ________ he came to dinner with us last week.

A) for

B) meanwhile

C) since

D) when

E) while

37. He’ll ________ his shyness when he’s older.

A) get away

B) get down

C) get off

D) get over

E) get up

38. Throw some water on her face and then perhaps she’ll ________.

A) come back

B) come down

C) come on

D) come out

E) come round

39. We’ve _____ bread. I’ll have to go to the baker’s to buy some more.

A) run away with

B) run down

C) run off

D) run out of

E) run over

40. The good service at the restaurant _____ the poor meal to some extent.

A) made for

B) made out

C) made over

D) made up

E) made up for

TEST 24

Book 2 Part D

Test 24